Q16. Does your state have any of the following types of qualified approval in your state's approval process of voting systems?

  State has this type of approval State does not have this type of approval Don't know Number
of respondents
a. Exception (Approval not required under the state approval process) 7 35 3 45
b. Emergency (Approval granted when standard approval process cannot be completed before the election) 12 30 3 45
c. Conditional (Approval based on requirement that additional actions be taken before system can be used in an election) 6 35 3 44
d. Provisional (Approval based on requirement that additional actions are in progress while the system is in use for an election) 12 30 3 45